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Contributors

In Alphabetical Order:

Clifford Browder is a writer living in New York. He has published two biographies, a novel, and an award-winning collection of posts from his blog, "No Place for Normal: New York.” His poetry has appeared in Runes, Heliotrope, Pivot, The Same, Snake Nation Review, Nimrod, The Bitter Oleander, The Brillantina Project, The Forever Journal, and elsewhere. For more infor check out his blog: No Place for Normal.

Taylor Burgin is a senior at Miami Arts Charter School in the Creative writing department. She has been writing as long as she can remember, but is now discovering her voice and is excited to share her poetry.

Michael Cantin is a poet and sloth fanatic residing somewhere in the wilds of Orange County, California. He writes fitfully between bouts of madness and periods of lucid concern. His poetry has appeared both online and in print. You can find his work in The East Jasmine Review, Melancholy Hyperbole, 50 Haiku, several anthologies, and elsewhere.

Kenneth P. Gurney lives in Albuquerque, NM, USA with his beloved Dianne. His latest collection of poems is Stump Speech. To learn more about Kenneth visit his website at kpgurney.me. .

Although first published in 1994, an eventful family life and successful career did not leave enough space for poetry. Kimberly Peterson now returns fulltime. Recently, her poems have been published in Poetry Breakfast, Drunk Monkeys, The Banister and 3Element Review. She received honourable mention in The Banister’s 31st annual poetry contest.

Melissa Rose began writing and performing poetry at age 15 and has been a member of the spoken word community since 2001. She is a creator, slam master and host of the Palo Alto Poetry Slam. She was a team member and coach of Palo Alto's National Poetry Slam Team in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2014. Melissa has been facilitating spoken word workshops with adults and teens for over 10 years...